Becoming a Ruin: Decomposing and Regrowing the Mythic with Sophie Strand
The Emerald
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The Thyrsis of Dionysus
The sword, perfected by the romans for the specific task of maiming and executing prisoners, quite literally cuts the mind off from the body. It proposes that we can think without our somatic intuition and without our rooted existence and eco system. Long before sword wielding heroes of legend readily cut down forests, slaughtered the old deities and vanquished their enemies, there were playful gods,. animal headed kings, mischievous lovers and vegetable magicians. There were trickster harpists and riddling bards. And so it'si the suggestion that wands are an alignment or an extension, right? They're like a relationship, rather than the sword, which isn't they eno?
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